Headgear and method of making the same



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Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT orFic-E.

HARRY M; LIIPER, F ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY/ASSIGNOR T0 LIPPER MANU- FACT'URING (30., INC., A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HEADGEAR AND METHOD ,OF- MAKING THE SAME Application filed April 11,

My invention relates to headdress, particularly for womens wear, whereby the wearer may form, shape, and assemble a hat directly upon her head so as to form a finished headdress having all the characteristic appearance of a permanently shaped and assembled hat. but capable of being demounted and assembled at will, by the wearer, to fit any size head, and being generally soft and limp and having its shape retained. when mounted or assembled upon the head, solely by the con tour of the head of the wearer.

My invention further relates to a novel method of making a head-gear or head-dress of the character stated.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention 1 have shown inthe accompanying drawings forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention isnot limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in which like reference characters indicate like parts, Fig. 7

1 represents a rear perspective View of my novel head gear, mounted upon the head of the wearer, before it is assembled.

Figure 2 represents a perspective view, taken generally in side elevation, showing the first step or stage in the assembling or wrapping of the hat embodying my invention.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the .same, taken gener ally'in rear elevation, illustrating the second step in the wrapping of the novel hat embodying my invention.

Figure 4: represents a similar perspective view taken generally in side elevation, illustrating the third step in the wrapping of the hat.

Figure 5 represents a similar perspective view, illustrating the fourth step in the wrapping or assembling of the novel hat embodying my invention.

Figure 6 represents a similar perspective view, showing the fifth step in the wrapping ofmy novel hat.

Fi ure 7 shows a rear perspective View of the lat completely assembled or. wrapped around the head of the wearer.

Figure 8 represents a perspective view, of

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1929. Serial No. 354,191.

the completely wrapped or assembled hat, embodying my invention, shown generally. ina semi-profile.

F1gure 9 represents a diagrammatic plan yiew of a blank of which the head gear of my invention is adapted to be made.

Figure 10 represents a similar top .plan View of a blank (partly broken away) illus' trating the second step in the making of the same.

' Figure 11 represents a top plan view, in perspective,showing the formation of the terminal head-pocket portion.

Figure 12 represents a section generally on line 12-12 of Figure 11 showing the relation of the terminal head-pocket to the two streamers formed thereon.

Figure 13 represents a top plan view of a blank (partly broken away) similar to that shown in Figure 9, illustrating an alternative method of forming the same.

Figure 14 represents a top plan view of a blank of a modified construction embodying my invention.

Figure 15 represents a top plan view of the completed head gear of the modified con struction formed of the blank shown in Fig ure 14-.

My invention consists generally of a head gear formed of a relatively limp and elastic textile fabric, including a generally elongated body composed of a terminal headpocket portion and a pair of elongated streamers extending from said head-pocket portion to the opposed end of the body.

In carrying outnny invention, the head gear '20 of my novel construction is formed of. an elastic and yet limp textile fabric preferably a knitted textile fabric of any suitable material, including the generally crownshaped head pocket portion 21 at the front end of thehead gear and the pairot rearwardly extending streamers 22 and 23, form- .ing a continuation of the generally crownshaped front terminal heacbp'ocket 21.

. The streamers 22 and 23 are approximately twice as long as the head-pocket portion 21 or longer, and are preferably narrower at their free ends and are preferably formed integral- 1y with the terminal head-pocket portion 21.

The head gear of my novel construction is applied to the head of the wearer in the manner indicated particularly in Figures 1 to 8 Thus the front terminal pocket portion 21 is first fitted over or drawn over the head of the wearer as shown in Figures 1 and 2, producing the smooth crown portion of the completely assembled head dress, by reason of the elastic character of the fabric. a

The two elongated and rearwardly extending streamers 22 and 23 are then crossed at the back of the head as indicated in Figures 2 and 3 and drawn forwardly as indicated in Figure 4.

In front, the streamers 22 and 23 are again crossed as indicated in Figure 5 and are extended rearwardly around the base of the crown portion or head pocket portion 21, so as to form a generally enlarged rim portion 24.

The free ends of the two streamers 22 and 23 may then be secured to each other and to the body of the rim portion 24, by means of any suitable fastening device, such as a clasp or pin 25.

The novel head gear embodying my invention may be formed in several ways, to produce the body having the front crown-shaped head pocket portion and the rearwardly extending streamers. Thus the front pocket portion may be formed of a relatively wide, flat blank portion 26, which continues rear wardly in the two narrower and generally tapering streamers 22 and 23. asillustrated in Figure 9. In order to form the crown-' shaped head-pocket portion 21, the entire front edge 27 of the blank portion 26 is suitably gathered as indicated at 28 in Figure 10, along the line indicated generally by the numeral 29. This produces a knot 30 at the front of the head-pocket portion 21. The two opposed edges 31 and 32, of the wide blank portion 26, may then be stitched or sewed together for a short distance (about an inch or so) below the knot 30, so as to form a deeper head-pocket 21, as indicated more particularly in Figures 11 and 12. The short seamed portion below the knot 30 is indicated in Figures 11 and 12 by the numeral 33.

The blank shown in Figure 9 is preferably knitted integrally on a flat knitting machine or other suitable machine, beginning with the upper edge 27. Thus from the point 34 on down to the ends of the streamers, the knitting is divided into two, and two separate portions or streamers 22 and 23 are then gradually narrowed down to their lower ends.

If desired the same'type 'of blank as illus-.

trated in Figure 9, may be formed by merely sewing together two streamers, as indicated in Figure 13. Thus in this modified construction the streamers 22 and 23 are merely stitched or sewed together along a median line 35, for a suitable length, up to the dividing point 34. Thereafter the head-pocket portion 21 may be formed in a mannersimilar to that illustrated in Figures 9 to 12 inelusive, by gathering in the front edge 27 of the blank along a line indicated enerally by the numeral 29, so as to form the ot 30, and

' seaming together the side edges 31 and 32 for a short distance immediately adjacent to or below the knot 30. I i

In Figures 14 and 15 I have illustrated a further modified method of making my novel head gear embodying my invention. In this modifieationf a single continuous band 36, constitutes the blank, and it may be similarly knitted on a fiat knitting machine in a continuous manner, with the two ends 37 and 38 thereof. narrow and the center 39 thereof slightly Wider, so as to produce the two halves tapering down from the center to the opposed ends. The blank 36 is then gathered in as indicated by the dotted lines 40. After the blank has been gathered in to form the generally knot shape portion 41, the edges 42 and 43 are sewed together to form the seams 44 and 45 respectively below and above the knot portion 41 of the completed head gear, as shown in Figure 15. The seam 44 below the knot portion 41 is relatively short (about an inch or so) and is provided so as to produce a deeper head-pocket portion 21. The seam 45 is sufliciently 1011" to produce the desired length of head-poo et portion. a l

' In either one of the several methods shown described herein above, possesses the unique advantage of being capable of fitting any head size, of being capable of being shaped to any head and of being light, limp and resilient so as not only to produce a very comfortable head dress, but one which will be artistic and may be assembled upon the head of the wearer in a way to simulate a. permanently formed or shaped hat.

I am awarethat the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without de art- 'ing from the spirit or essential attriutes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiments to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention. I I

Having thus described my invention, what I hereby claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A head gear formed of generally limp and elastic fabric, including a head-pocketportion adapted to fit snugly over the head of'the wearer toform the crown of the assembled l: ead dress and a generally elongated streamer portion at least approximately v in twice as long as the head-pocket portion and extending from an end thereof, adapted to surround the lower periphery of the headpoeket portion to form-the rim of the assembled. head d ress; the shape of the head dress,

when mounted upon the head of the wearer,

being maintained. by the contour of the head of the wearer.

2. 'A head gear comprising a. generally elongated body formed of transversely elastic fabric. inc-Inklinga lieiul-poeket portion and a streamer portion at least approxiuiatcly twice aslong as the head-pocket portion, said head-poeket portion being adapted to form the crown of the assembled headdress and said streamer portion being adapted to surround the lower. periphery of said head-pocket portion to form the rim of the assembledhead d ress.

.L'A' head gear formed of generally limp and elast ir faln'ir, including a head-pocket portion adapted to lit snugly over the head of the wea'.rer to form the crown of the assembled "head idress and a pair of generally elongatedstremner portions at least approximately twice as long as the head-pocket portion and extending .from an end thereof, adapted to surround the lower periphery of the headpocket portion to form the rim of the assembled head dress; the shape of the head dress, when mounted upon the head of the wearer, being maintained by the contour of the head of the wearer.

4. Ahead gear comprising a generally elon- 5. A head gear comprising a. generally elongated body formed of generally limp and transversely elastic fabric, including a headpoeket portion adapted to lit snugly over the' head to form the crown ofthe assembled head dress, and a pair of generally elongated streamer portions at least approximately' twice as long as said head-pocket portion extending therefrom adapted to surround said head-pocket portion to form the rim of the assembled head dress when in use; the shape of the head dress, when mounted upon the head of the wearer, being maintained by the contour of the head of the wearer; In witness whereof I'have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of April, 1929.

HARRY M. IPPER; I 

